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课件网) Unit 4 The circle of goodwill 1. Day and night, they raced against time to save as many people as possible. 他们夜以继日地与时间赛跑，尽可能多地救人。 1) against prep. 和……对抗 race against time 与时间赛跑 against prep. ① 倚；碰；撞 e.g. Put the piano there, against the wall. 把钢琴放在那儿，紧靠着墙。 【拓展】 ② 反对 注意：当意为“反对”时, 与介词for (支持)互为反义词。 e.g. They are against building a factory here. 他们反对在这里建工厂。 ③ 与……相反 e.g. We were walking against the strong wind. 我们顶着大风行进。 ④ 违反；违背 e.g. That’s against the law. 那是违法的。 【语境应用】 英译汉 1) Are you for or against my plan 2) Eric hit his head against the door. 3) She sold the house, though it was against her wishes. 你是赞成还是反对我的计划？ Eric把头撞到了门上。 她卖掉了房子，尽管这违背了她的意愿。 2) as ... as possible 尽可能…… (= as … as one can) 两个as之间需用形容词或副词的原级，形容词原级后有时也可加所修饰的名词。 e.g. Please let me know your decision as soon as possible. 请尽快让我知道你的决定。 We should learn as many skills as possible. 我们应该学习尽可能多的技能。 【语境应用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。 1) 我们必须尽快完成这项工作。 We must finish the work _____ _____ _____ _____. = We must finish the work _____ _____ _____ _____ _____. 2) 我们的老师鼓励我们尽可能多读书。 Our teacher encourages us to read _____ _____ _____ _____ _____. = Our teacher encourages us to read _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____. as soon as possible as soon as you can as many books as possible as many books as we can 2. I graduated from college and became a nurse. 大学毕业后我成为了一名护士。 graduate v. 大学毕业 【归纳】 graduate from 从……毕业 graduate in 毕业于……专业 e.g. She taught in China after she graduated. 她毕业后在中国教书。 Kate graduated from Nanjing University. Kate毕业于南京大学。 He graduated in physics from Peking University. 他毕业于北京大学物理学专业。 【拓展】 graduate n. 大学毕业生 (用作可数名词) e.g. a university/college graduate 大学毕业生 graduation n. 毕业 e.g. It was my first job after graduation. 那是我毕业后的第一个工作。 【语境应用】 根据汉语意思用graduate的适当形式填空。 The _____ _____ from Suzhou University. After _____, he became a lawyer in a famous law firm. 这名大学毕业生毕业于苏州大学。毕业后，他成了一家知名律所的律师。 graduation graduate graduated 3. Right away, I signed up to help. 我立刻报名去帮忙。 sign up 报名(参加) 其后常接介词for，引出报名的对象。 【拓展】 sign up (使)签约受雇 e.g. You can sign up online for language classes. 你可以在网上报名参加语言课程。 e.g. The company signed her up as a secretary. 这家公司签约雇她担任秘书。 4. The work was by no means easy. 这项工作绝非易事。 means n. 手段; 方法; 工具 means of (doing) sth. / to do sth. (做)……的手段/方法 e.g. For most people, the car is still their main means of transport. 对大多数人来说，汽车仍是他们主要的交通工具。 Is there any means of contacting him 有没有什么办法和他取 ... ...
